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   From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 22/02/2026 9:25 pm, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   > Bill Sloman  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 22/02/2026 12:40 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>> On 02/21/2026 05:08 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>> On 21/02/2026 5:12 pm, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>> On 02/20/2026 10:03 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 02/20/2026 08:56 PM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 21/02/2026 5:52 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 02/20/2026 10:31 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On 21/02/2026 3:47 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On 02/19/2026 11:45 PM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 20/02/2026 10:48 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/19/2026 11:19 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 20/02/2026 2:44 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/19/2026 01:45 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 19/02/2026 6:13 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/18/2026 11:06 AM, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/17/2026 08:35 PM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 18/02/2026 5:37 am, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/17/2026 09:47 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ross Finlayson wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/17/2026 03:49 AM, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
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   >>>>   
   >>>> Invoking artificial intelligence to generate your word salad for you is   
   >>>> taking time wasting to absurd lengths. Silence is definitely golden when   
   >>>> you don't have anything useful to say.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> There's something to be said for computational advantage,   
   >>> about informational advantage (and intellectual advantage)   
   >>> as for notions of mechanical advantage, about that   
   >>> "large, competent, conscientious, co-operative reasoners",   
   >>> often result thinking alike.   
   >>   
   >> Sometimes the cooperative reasoning produces useful results.   
   >> Religion has produced a lot of counter-examples.The MAGA movement is a   
   >> more recent case in point. Science is about managing cooperative   
   >> reasoning to produce useful results, but then we have IQ tests.   
   >   
   > Do you really believe in that pseudo-science?   
      
   IQ tests test something real, but trying to reduce a multifacetted skill   
   set to a single number is nuts.   
      
   The great virtue of IQ tests is that they are quick and cheap. Their   
   defect is that they discourage people from doing the slower and more   
   expensive fine grained tests that might direct kids to get educated in   
   specific areas that might match their actual skills.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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